Genius is not the word i would use to describe Lindsay , considering what her life has been like for the past couple of years...

What exactly is genius about her getting photographed looking trashy, wasted, haggered and completely unattractive ....

Genius is the word I use to describe Lindsay. The same way people love Gisele and the Obamas and love when they have covers... I absolutely HATE them all but many people love them. I love Lindsay and love her on covers. I think she produces some of the best images and, for me personally, some of the most iconic images I have ever seen. I know she hasn't been the sanest person in her past few years but photogenically, she's amazing. :p

Um no.
I can't see this as "art" or as any sort of career revival (in fact those who see it as such are either just delusional or unquestioning fans). But seriously, how do you go from a brilliant issue with Natasha Poly to this... It is really beyond comprehension.

Everything is so trashy and sleazy. The editorial and the cover (that's a whole other story). Why would they want to expand on Lindsay's slutty image?
They're just fueling the perception we (and the rest of America) have of her. If anything, they should have put her in an elegant editorial (or at least 'artsy') with elegant clothing, to promote a "positive" image, instead of having her bent down being rode on like a horse by a half naked man.